CON ARTIST...Please read the whole story.
ok, I have to first start with an APOLOGY, to the bike riding public.
I should have posted this review a couple a months ago after the repairs from
ACTION MOTOE SPORTS (AMS) Hesperia ca... to my 1982 kaw kz 750 started going south...
oh this is a classic Japanese bike which AMS' web sight claims they specialize in repairing...
TOTAL BULLSH..T..
Repairs started mid april 2016;
First they were supposed to clean and sync my carbs...
got the bike back and immediately had to return it for a few days, bike wouldn't idle properly...
ok no problem it can be tricky getting carbs synced...im patient.
got the bike baack rode it for a couple weeks everything ok, but no I realize I need to
replace the original chain...Had AMS replace the chain; they chose the original non-oring type chian and two new sprockets..
keep in mind I told them this bike is my daily commuter to and from work (600+miles a week)...
so I'm feeling pretty good, bike running good new chain and sprockets worry free for awhile;
YEAH RIGHT
so we know new chains need adjusted after break in; no problem after all I was an Auto Tech
for ten years.
SO THE TROUBLE BEGINS
I'm adjusting/lubing this chain like every 500 miles and by the third adjustment I'm thinking this cant be normal, so I reach out to the biker community and as I expected this is not the norm.
So now I'm 6 weeks out form from carbs being cleaned and synced and a month out from the new chain and sprockets were installed... thru my research and mechanical findings I find that the chain has frozen link (which should have been caught before installation) as it can be DANGEROUS and will chew thru new sprockets.
I also found out for about $25 more they could have upgraded my bike to an O-RING CHAIN,
which reduces heat and wear to the chain... I ended up replacing the chain 6 weeks after AMS
installed the new non-oring chain with an o-ring chain myself...AMS did reimburse me for
the chain they installed but I had to fight for the money, but they did not offer any labor cost
in return..
Now to the $400.00 CARB/SYNC JOB...remember I was an auto tech so I know a trick
or two(note:i have a repair manual for my bike)
KZ750 starting to idle rough at about 8 weeks out form said carb repairs; now at about 10 weeks #1 carb is flooding and bike will not hardly idle at all...I pulled the plug its fouled.
I try adjusting the float per the repair manual,no help...I tried swapping float needles, nope that didnt work. so now I'm back to the bike community.
I find a bike shop in Lancaster ca, and give them a try, after all their close to my job.
rode the bike there and this older guy comes out probably around 60; been around, you know
the type... he takes one look at my bike and states" those carbs have never been cleaned"...
and if they were cleaned in the last 3 months you shouldn't be having a float problem; cleaned properly he added.. then shows me a set of carbs that they cleaned and they looked almost
brand new.
so whats it gonna cost to get my carbs cleaned right I ask; about $400.00 he replied. so I'm out $400 from AMS and know another $400..im pissed.
so what can I do; back to the bike community for help
I call an acquaintance from Tulsa OK, where I used to live... He is the only gut in Tulsa
that works on old Japanese bikes. no BS.. I'm lucky he is available to talk and in a good
mood...he listen to my problems and states " those carbs were cleaned right" and then proceeds to give me the solution to my float level problem...which off course came back to
properly cleaning the carbs...
so pay another $400 or do it myself
with the advise from Tulsa I pull the carbs and clean only the carb giving me problems...to
see if he is right and he was.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS THE PART OF THE CARB I CLEANED TO FIX THE PROBLEM WAS VERY SPECEFIC AN THEREFORE VERIFIED MY CARBS WERE NEVER CLEANED PROPERLY FROM ACTION MOTOR SPORTS...in Hesperia ca.
oh, I do want to think AMS for one thing... forcing me to fix my own problems. now I
am smarter than them...I could go on about how bad this business is but ive said enough..
PLEASE DO NOT TAKE ANY TYPE OF VEHICLE TO THESE HACKS!!!!! read more